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javanut 11-18-03 03:22 PM

Ron Howard's The Missing
 
Searched and didnt' find a thread on this one . . . .

Coming out at Thanksgiving. Big name cast with Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones. Big name director with Ron Howard.

Personally, I love the trailer they showed before Master & Commander. It's sufficiently creepy.

Will Cate Blanchett be as good as people say? Could this be better than Howard's A Beautiful Mind?

Charlie Goose 11-18-03 03:28 PM

Is Tommy Lee Jones doggedly persuing this missing person? It just doesn't seem right if Tommy Lee Jones is in a movie where he isn't doggedly pursuing somebody.

http://charliegoose.homestead.com/files/goose.jpg Honk!

Geofferson 11-18-03 03:38 PM

Trailer gets a big :up: from me.

sundog 11-18-03 03:43 PM

The presence of Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett already makes it better than A Beautiful Mind.

Hendrik 11-18-03 03:46 PM

...well... ah... here's a review of the movie... doesn't sound all that promising, I'd say...

. . . :o . . .

jfoobar 11-18-03 05:14 PM


Originally posted by Charlie Goose
Is Tommy Lee Jones doggedly persuing this missing person? It just doesn't seem right if Tommy Lee Jones is in a movie where he isn't doggedly pursuing somebody.

http://charliegoose.homestead.com/files/goose.jpg Honk!

Well, he won't be able to do a hard target search at every gas station since they didn't exist yet. Residences, dog houses, hen houses, warehouses, and outhouses are still fair game for the period.

B.A. 11-18-03 05:48 PM

I think it looks great - it looks darker than the usual Ron Howard pic.

Oh, and it has the beautiful Cate Blanchett - they doesn't hurt it either.

RyoHazuki 11-18-03 06:24 PM

I too am glad to see a non-Fugitive Tommy Lee Jones. Rather refreshing.

Pants 11-18-03 07:20 PM

This just looks like a retread of The Searchers

LivingINClip 11-18-03 08:32 PM

Cate Blanchett is hot.
That's all.

conscience 11-18-03 08:51 PM

anything with Cate Blanchett has at least one thing going for it.

Her in it.

Giles 11-18-03 10:26 PM

I have liked Tommy Lee Jones films in the past, but this film for some reason, just doesn't cut it for me.

dcprules 11-19-03 12:30 AM

This should be pretty good, plus, you're right, it is really nice to see Tommy Lee Jones in a movie where he isn't searching through outhouses, restaurants, stores,... looking for a fugitive.

jfoobar 11-19-03 12:53 AM


Originally posted by LivingINClip
Cate Blanchett is hot.
That's all.

-other-

Dr. DVD 11-19-03 08:12 AM

The review doesn't seem negative, just that the movie doesn't stay with you after you leave the theater. Definitely doesn't sound like an Oscar contender in the slightest, nor look it.

javanut 11-19-03 10:48 AM


This just looks like a retread of The Searchers
That's okay with me. The searchers is awesome and if Howard can do homage like Todd Haynes did with Far From Heaven, it'll be excelelnt.

That review is blah, but admittedly more negative than most Hollywood Reporter reviews.

HistoryProf 11-19-03 01:01 PM

I'm really looking forward to this...probably more than any other big flick for the rest of the year.....

Tuan Jim 11-19-03 09:44 PM

even more reason to see it -- looks like it'll be the first flick to have the Hellboy trailer attached to it.

MrX 11-19-03 11:27 PM

I'm looking forward to this.

It didn't look that interesting from the TV spots but the full trailer really got my attention.

LivingINClip 11-20-03 12:25 AM

Hmm..

Hellboy trailer? Check!
Tommy lee Jones? Check!
The beyond gorgeous Cate Blanchett? Check!

Count me in....
And no, I don't know what my fasincation is with Cate, but she is one of the hottest women in Holywood at this present time. She has a certain quality. Reminds me of the women from the older era's, circa 50's & 60's. Innocent and charming....Yeah, enough ranting about my not so private obsession with Cate.
:D

Hendrik 11-20-03 02:36 PM

...well...

. . . :o . . .

javanut 11-20-03 04:32 PM

I am anxious to this Hellboy Trailer.

The ratings for The Missing at Rotten tomates are evenly split:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/MissingThe-1127407/

Troy Stiffler 11-20-03 08:17 PM

Don't really want to see The Missing. But, I NEED to see the Hellboy trailer. Anyone know when it'll have a nice online Quicktime presentation?

Hendrik 11-21-03 10:30 AM

...another so-so review...

. . . :o . . .

Tarantino 11-21-03 07:32 PM


Originally posted by LivingINClip

And no, I don't know what my fasincation is with Catherine Zeta Jones, but she is one of the hottest women in Hollywood at this present time. She has a certain quality. Reminds me of the women from the older era's, circa 50's & 60's. Innocent and charming....Yeah, enough ranting about my not so private obsession with Catherine.
:D

fixed.


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